Pergulatan Perumusan Bermazhab secara Qawl? dan Manhaj? dalam Bah{th al-Mas?’il pada Muktamar Nahdlatul Ulama Ke-33

Bah}th al-mas?’il is a forum in which traditionalist Muslims of Nahdlatul Ulama get their fatwas. Nahdlatul Ulama practices taql?d and therefore madhhab in its fatwa by relying upon opinions of especially Sh?fi‘? jurists. Since 1992, some forward-minded people within Nahdlatul Ulama introduced the use of madhhab manhaj? through istinbat} method in addition of madhhab qawl?. However, the co-existence of these two methods creates everlasting polarization within Nahdlatul Ulama. There once division of application, though, in which manhaj? was employed in mawd}?‘?yah cases and qawl? was practiced in w?qi‘?yah cases, but it did not last long. The National Congress of Nahdlatul Ulama in 2015, when istinb?t} of madhhab manhaj? was discussed once again, unveiled fierce debates between supporters of the two methods. The East Java Branch of Nahdlatul Ulama, which are fervent supporters of qawl?, insists on its sole employment in fatwa. All their bah}th al-mas?’il w?qi‘?yahs after the 2015 Congress use qawl?. However, manhaj? start to appear in their bah}th al-mas?’il mawd}?‘?yah, especially in cases where various approaches should be deployed, such as fatwa on Islam Nusantara.